Spire December 2019
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Great Ayton & Newton under Roseberry Parishes DECEMBER 2019 & JANUARY 2020 Contents Page 2 December & January Diary Page 3 Christmas Services Page 4 Vicar’s Letter Page 5 Hospice Shop Opens Page 6 Alice in Wonderland Page 7 Charity News Page 8 Put Christ into PCC Jottings Page 10 Auction of 9 yr old fish Your Christmas Page 11 News Page 12 and join us for Love in a Box Page 13 Newton News Worship. Page 14 Centering Prayer Day Page 15 Roseberry School India Page 16 Concert & Memory Tree Details inside Page 17 Faith Pictures Page 18 Registers www.christchurchgreatayton.org.uk 65p 1 DECEMBER & JANUARY 1 Sun ADVENT SUNDAY 8am Holy Communion; 9.15am Parish Communion; 11am Holy Communion.; 4pm Christingle 2 Mon 2pm Coffee Lounge Carol Service. 7 Sat 7.30pm Christmas Music with the Angrove Singers in Christ Church 8 Sun Advent 2 8am Holy Communion; 9.15am Parish Communion; 11am Come & Praise; 4pm Masons’ Carol Service. For All Extra Christmas Services please see panel opposite 10 Tues Panto Season begins in the Church Hall with the Vicar playing Dame Millie, Alice’s Mother - in Alice in Wonderland! 11 Wed 1.30pm Marwood Christmas Play in Christ Church 12 Thurs 6pm Marwood Christmas Play in Christ Church. 15 Sun Advent 3 (Foodbank Sunday) 8am Holy Communion; 9.15am Parish Communion; 11am All Age Christmas Service. 22 Sun Advent 4 8am Holy Communion; 9.15am Parish Communion. 28 Sat 1pm Wedding at Saint Oswald’s. 29 Sun Christmas 1 8am Holy Communion; 9.15am Parish Communion; Jan 2020 11am Holy Communion. 3 Fri 1.30pm Wedding at Saint Oswald’s. 4 Sat 1pm Wedding at Saint Oswald’s. 5 Sun The Epiphany - Christmas 2 8am Holy Communion; 9.15am Parish Communion; 11am Holy Communion. 6 Mon 2pm Coffee Lounge Communion. 9 Thurs 7.30pm Ayton Churches Together Meeting at St Margaret’s 10 Fri 1.45pm Christ Church Visitors meet in Upper Room 11 Sat 10 - 12 noon Meeting with John Day 12 Sun Epiphany 1 8am Holy Communion; 9.15am Holy Communion; Come & Praise. 18 Sat 2pm Charity Auction of Surplus Christmas Gifts 19 Sun Epiphany 2 (Foodbank Sunday) 8am Holy Communion; 9.15am Parish Communion; 11am All Age Service; 12.30pm Holy Baptism; 4pm Churches Together Unity Service in Christ Church. 22 Wed 7.30pm Christ Church PCC meet in Coffee Lounge. 26 Sun Epiphany 3 8am Holy Communion; 9.15am Parish Communion. Regular activities on back page Items in Magenta all take place at Saint Oswald’s Church at Newton. 2 Christmas Services 2019 Sunday 1st December - ADVENT SUNDAY 4.00pm Christingle Monday 2nd December 2.00pm Coffee Lounge Carol Service - All Welcome ** Sunday 8 December 4pm Freemason’s Carol Service in Christ Church ** Sunday 15 December 11.00am All Age Christmas Service at St Oswald’s, Newton Monday 16 December 7.00pm Christmas Carols on High Green Tuesday 17 December 7.30pm All Saints Carol Service** Thursday 19 December 7.30pm Christmas Carol Service at St Oswald’s, Newton Friday 20 December 10.30am Marwood & Roseberry Schools’ Carol Service** Sunday 22 December (Morning Services as normal) 6.00pm Christ Church Christmas Carol Service** Christmas Eve 2.00pm Christmas Communion in the Coffee Lounge 5.00pm Crib Service** 10.00pm Christmas Communion at St Oswald’s 11.30pm Midnight Mass of the Nativity Christmas Day 8.30am Christmas Communion (Prayer Book Service) 9.30am Christmas Communion & Carols NO SERVICE ON 26th December or 1st January All Services are in Christ Church, unless otherwise stated in italics 3 Come and See Yes, the sign of Christmas approaching is here when the Vicar shaves off his beard and dons a dress to appear again as the Dame in the local Panto. This year it is Alice in Wonderland and I play Alice’s mum, Dame Millie. All those who have put effort into it hope you will come and see it, and be rewarded with an enjoyable time out. How is it that we can have confidence in inviting people to Come and See a Panto where the enjoyment will last but hours, and yet fail to ask people to Come and See where our special worship can lead into a deeper relationship with God that will last for eternity? Christmas gives us the ideal opportunity to invite friends and neighbours to very user friendly services as we have several carol services of different styles as well as the Crib Service, all in addition to the usual Sunday worship. Next March 12th - 15th, the Bishops of the Northern Province are coming to York Diocese for a Come and See event to remind us that, inviting others to come & see so they can share our faith, is part of our lives as Christians. How many of our neighbours, friends or even family lack the courage to walk through the Church door or enquire about faith, and are waiting for an invitation from us to come with them? I bet some give up on the wait, but that invitation could change lives. I wonder why we are so hesitant? We have a wonderful message of love to share, and we are blessed with lively Churches in our Parish. If we don’t have confidence in them then we really need to get out more as I fear we may be taking things for granted. This Christmas ask someone to join you at one of our Carol Services to Come & See what the Christmas message is about. If you are nervous of doing this, don't worry as they can only say No. Then join us in January to hear John Day and find ways to gain in confidence, so that we may make 2020 a year of Coming and Seeing. (See Page 17 for details) A Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all. Paul (aka Dame Millie) 4 The Archbishop invites us to use his Pilgrimage Prayer as our prayer for Come and See Father in Heaven, renew my friendship in you; mould me into Christlikeness; and help me to serve you and stir up in me, with a quiet mind the fire of your love. and a burning spirit. Holy Spirit, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, fill me with your power; please keep me and help me to tell in the joy, simplicity, and compassion of the love and salvation of your holy Gospel. Amen. in Jesus of Nazareth. © John Sentamu 2015 Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Father, Hospice Shop Comes to Ayton Our brand new shop in Great Ayton is opening in early December, located in between The Royal Oak and Coopers Chemist! The new shop will offer a range of clothing, homeware and beautiful gifts for yourself and others, with new items on display every day. If you are having a clear out, please think of us if you have any pre-loved items to donate. We desperately need stock to sell in our new shop. Please call 01642 811140 to chat to our friendly shop team if you have any donations. Thank you, we really appreciate it! Plus, if you’ve ever thought about volunteering and joining #TeamTeesside, we would love to hear from you! We are looking for friendly, energetic retail volunteers to donate their time and skills. For more information please visit our website: www.teessidehospice.org. We can’t wait to meet all our new friends and supporters in the local area, and become part of the Great Ayton community. 5 6 Yorkshire Cancer Research Great Ayton and District Committee The Yorkshire Cancer Commit- tee put on yet another hugely Praise enjoyable and successful annual lunch with a packed hall enjoying Petch’s Pies, Pots & Peas very efficiently served by Jonathan, Alan and Geoff and followed by the customary selection of mouth watering home made puds made by the committee. An excellent illustrated address by Andy Wilson from Head Office followed telling us about the Leeds Screening Program that spots lung cancer issues early and is hoped to be rolled out in other areas. A super raffle added to the fantastic total raised of £2,010.48 Well done to all to all who helped and sup- ported in any way. Margaret Stevens Chairman 7 PCC Jottings The November PCC Meeting sees the annual disbursement of the money set aside by the PCC from our Income to go to charitable causes. This year we had £10,000 to give away as well as deciding the beneficiary of our Christmas Appeal. PCC Members are asked to champion causes in promoting them, and then write a page for Spire about the cause in the coming year. We hope that recipients are as much encouraged by the support as well as helped by the money. So where is it going to this year? Ken Taylor once again championed the cause of the Mission Aviation Fellowship who work in remote parts of the world bringing relief and medicine in by plane - especially vital given some of the tragedies during 2019. (£1,000) Martin Simmons asked for support for UCCF who run Christian Unions in our Universities and colleges. This can be the time young people are most open to faith or who need that continued support. (£1,000) Geoff Jaques brought to our attention the plight of poorer people in the Sheffield Diocese who have been devastated by the recent floods. The Parish of Saint Peter’s Bentley near Doncaster have been particularly hit and are delighted that a Church in North Yorkshire cares about them. (£1,000). Jonathan Winterschladen told us of the work his son Joe is doing with Respect Me, a Christian organisation delivering lessons in secondary schools in Teesside on sex, relationships and self-esteem from a faith perspective.